Unpredictable US disturbs global order

Amid trade tensions and policy uncertainty stemming from the tariff war, Washington needs to become more predictable in order to boost global and United States economic growth projections, a think tank analyst said.

"We now have a saying — the greatest predictability in the world of today is the unpredictability of the United States," said Victor Zhikai Gao, vice-president of the Center for China and Globalization, a Beijing-based think tank. "This is not a high mark or compliment. I think the US needs to make itself predictable," he told China Daily in Washington.

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has rolled out sweeping tariffs, starting with a blanket 10 percent duty on all foreign-made imports. Dozens of countries received a 90-day pause until July, but tariffs on Chinese goods surged to 145 percent.